List of schools in Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Encyclopedia
This is a list of schools in the Sunshine Coast
region of Queensland
, Australia
, including both the urban areas and surrounding hinterland. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.
Schools in the Sunshine Coast region are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Brisbane
. The CEO is supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
region of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
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, including both the urban areas and surrounding hinterland. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).
State primary schools
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beerburrum State School | Beerburrum Beerburrum, Queensland Beerburrum is a small town in South-East Queensland, Australia. It is located close to the Glass House Mountains 60 km north of the state capital, Brisbane, in the Sunshine Coast local government area. The name is derived from that of a nearby mountain, Mount Beerburrum: in the language of the... |
1918 | Website | |
| Beerwah State School | Beerwah Beerwah, Queensland Beerwah is a town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Glass House Mountains, approximately 80 km north of Brisbane, and just south of Landsborough. The main road through Beerwah is called Steve Irwin Way. It was formerly known as the Glasshouse... |
1888 | Website | |
| Bli Bli State School | Bli Bli Bli Bli, Queensland Bli Bli is a locality and hamlet on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. A few kilometres inland from the Maroochydore urban area, Bli Bli rises above the wetlands which were, for many years, the home of the Sunshine Coast sugar cane industry. Whilst this industry is all but gone, State Govt... |
1901 | Website | |
| Buddina State School | Buddina Buddina, Queensland Buddina is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and includes the business district of the Kawana urban centre.A notable feature of Buddina is the Kawana Shoppingworld shopping centre, which is one of the largest shopping centres on the Sunshine Coast and features over 100 stores... |
1979 | Website | |
| Buderim Mountain State School | Buderim Buderim (suburb) Buderim is a major suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, comprising 63% of the Buderim urban centre by population.... |
1875 | Website | |
| Burnside State School | Burnside Burnside, Queensland Burnside is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.... |
1978 | Website | |
| Caloundra State School | Caloundra Caloundra (suburb) Caloundra is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and includes the central business district of the Caloundra urban centre, which is located on Bulcock Street.-Education:Caloundra contains the following schools within its boundaries:... |
1889 | Website | |
| Chevallum State School | Chevallum Chevallum, Queensland Chevallum is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is well known for its strawberries, and participates in the local Strawbfest. It has a local permaculture group devoted to organic and sustainable farming, which holds regular meetings at Chevallum School... |
1921 | Website | |
| Conondale State School | Conondale Conondale, Queensland Conondale is a town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland hinterland region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Sunshine Coast Region local government area and on the banks of the upper Mary River, north of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Conondale and the surrounding... |
1912 | Website | |
| Coolum State School | Coolum Beach Coolum Beach, Queensland Coolum Beach is a beachside town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and is also the beach around which the town is based. Coolum hosted the 2003 CHOGM after it was moved from Brisbane.... |
1917 | Website | |
| Cooran State School | Cooran Cooran, Queensland Cooran is a small hinterland town in the Noosa region of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The name comes from guaran, meaning tall trees or Moreton bay bush.-External links:*... |
1890 | Website | |
| Cooroy State School | Cooroy Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy is a town in Queensland, Australia, located in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads. Cooroy's name came from Cooroy Mountain, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.... |
1909 | Website | |
| Currimundi State School | Currimundi Currimundi, Queensland Currimundi is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre north of Caloundra.It was named by Sir Leslie Wilson, in which he used the local aboriginal name for the area, Garrimundi or Girrimundi, meaning Place of flying foxes.Currimundi Lake is a... |
1977 | Website | |
| Delaneys Creek State School | D'Aguilar D'Aguilar, Queensland D'Aguilar is a rural township in Queensland, Australia. Located northwest of the larger centre of Caboolture, it is located within the Moreton Bay Region. At the 2006 census, the locality recorded a population of 1,094 persons, living in 373 inhabited dwellings, all of which were detached... |
1892 | Website | |
| Elimbah State School | Elimbah Elimbah, Queensland Elimbah is a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the larger centre of Caboolture, and south of Beerburrum. At the 2006 census, the suburb recorded a population of 648 persons, with a median age of 36 years.... |
1915 | Website | |
| Eudlo State School | Eudlo Eudlo, Queensland Eudlo is a small hinterland town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The name originated from the fresh water eel. At the 2006 census, Eudlo had a population of 852.-External links:**... |
1897 | Website | |
| Eumundi State School | Eumundi Eumundi, Queensland Eumundi is a small town with 1700 residents in the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, 21 km south-west of Noosa Heads and 118 km north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located just off the Bruce Highway. Nearby towns are Yandina and Cooroy. The town's name is believed to come... |
1893 | Website | |
| Federal State School | Federal Federal, Queensland Federal is a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland region of Queensland, Australia. It is located near the towns of Cooran and Pomona.-Education:... |
1910 | Website | Coles Creek State School until 1930s. |
| Glass House Mountains State School | Glass House Mountains Glass House Mountains, Queensland Glass House Mountains is a hinterland town of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. It is located approximately 64 km north of Brisbane, belonging to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area . Colloquially it is... |
1910 | Website | |
| Glenview State School | Glenview Glenview, Queensland Glenview is a small town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.The Aussie World family park is located in the town, and part of the Ewen Maddock Dam is in the area.-References:... |
1878 | Website | |
| Golden Beach State School | Golden Beach Golden Beach, Queensland Golden Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre directly southwest of the Caloundra CBD.-History:... |
1983 | Website | |
| Kandanga State School | Kandanga | 1915 | Website | |
| Kenilworth State Community College | Kenilworth Kenilworth, Queensland Kenilworth is a small town in the upper Mary Valley area of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. This is a rural area, about 50 km from the coast, with dairy farming as the major industry. Local visitor attractions include a cheese factory and art galleries as well as walking, camping... |
1924 | Website | Kenilworth SS until 2003 |
| Kin Kin State School | Kin Kin Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin is a village that lies between Pomona to the south, and Gympie to the north, Queensland, Australia.The name comes from the Aboriginal kauin kauin meaning red soil, another source suggests it is the indigenous name for a species of small black ants that inhabit the area... |
1916 | Website | |
| Kuluin State School | Kuluin Kuluin, Queensland Kuluin is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located in the Maroochydore urban centre west of Maroochydore CBD.-External links:*... |
1987 | Website | |
| Landsborough State School | Landsborough Landsborough, Queensland Landsborough is a small town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of the Glasshouse Mountains just off Steve Irwin Way, 82 km north of Brisbane... |
1879 | Website | |
| Maleny State School | Maleny Maleny, Queensland Maleny is a small, scenic town north of Brisbane on the Blackall Range overlooking the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. Nearby towns include Landsborough, Montville and Peachester... |
1913 | Website | |
| Mapleton State School | Mapleton Mapleton, Queensland Mapleton is a small town in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, with a population of around 2,000 people. It includes the Lilyponds, the Mapleton Tavern and historic Seaview House , and is well known for its 180 degree panoramic views of the Sunshine Coast.The town is located high on the... |
1899 | Website | |
| Maroochydore State School | Maroochydore Maroochydore (suburb) Maroochydore is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is the central suburb of the Maroochydore urban centre.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area... |
1921 | Website | |
| Montville State School | Montville Montville, Queensland Montville is a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, on the Blackall Range in Queensland, Australia, around 400 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census, Montville and the surrounding area had a population of 853.-Early settlement:... |
1896 | Website | |
| Mooloolaba State School | Mooloolaba Mooloolaba, Queensland Mooloolaba is a suburb and tourist resort township on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is part of the Maroochydore urban centre.- Etymology :... |
1933 | Website | |
| Mooloolah State School | Mooloolah Mooloolah, Queensland Mooloolah Valley is a small town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Queensland, Australia.It is situated north of Landsborough on the main railway line from Brisbane with regular services southbound to Brisbane and northbound to Nambour and Gympie.... |
1894 | Website | |
| Mountain Creek State School | Mountain Creek Mountain Creek, Queensland Mountain Creek is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains Mountain Creek State High School.... |
1994 | Website | |
| Nambour State School | Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
1879 | Website | |
| Noosaville State School | Noosaville Noosaville, Queensland Noosaville is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It includes Lake Weyba. "Weyba" is believed to mean "place of stingrays" or "place of flying squirrels". Noosaville also contains a development with canals called Noosa Waters... |
1996 | Website | |
| North Arm State School | North Arm North Arm, Queensland North Arm is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.-External links:*... |
1885 | Website | |
| Pacific Paradise State School | Pacific Paradise Pacific Paradise, Queensland Pacific Paradise is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, on the north bank of the Maroochy River. It forms part of the Maroochydore urban centre, and is located north of Maroochydore CBD via Sunshine Motorway. The suburb contains Pacific Paradise State School.... |
1992 | Website | |
| Palmwoods State School | Palmwoods Palmwoods, Queensland Palmwoods is a town in Queensland, Australia, situated near Nambour. At the 2006 census, Palmwoods had a population of 3,576.The small town was previously named 'Merriman Flats' in 1881 by the Kuskopfs who were part of the first White settlers in the area. It was later renamed Palmwoods after the... |
1889 | Website | |
| Peachester State School | Peachester Peachester, Queensland Peachester is a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Peachester had a population of 452.-External links:*... |
1892 | Website | |
| Peregian Springs State School | Peregian Springs Peregian Springs, Queensland Peregian Springs is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and lies within the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area... |
2010 | Website | |
| Pomona State School | Pomona Pomona, Queensland Pomona is a town located at the base of Mount Cooroora at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Pinbarren siding and was renamed Pomona in 1906, after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards... |
1897 | Website | |
| Sunshine Beach State School | Sunshine Beach Sunshine Beach, Queensland Sunshine Beach is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin... |
1982 | Website | |
| Talara Primary College | Currimundi Currimundi, Queensland Currimundi is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre north of Caloundra.It was named by Sir Leslie Wilson, in which he used the local aboriginal name for the area, Garrimundi or Girrimundi, meaning Place of flying foxes.Currimundi Lake is a... |
1998 | Website | |
| Tewantin State School | Tewantin Tewantin, Queensland Tewantin is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It was the original settlement in the Noosa region and is one of its three major centres today.-History:... |
1875 | Website | |
| Wamuran State School | Wamuran Wamuran, Queensland Wamuran is a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in Queensland, Australia. It is located west of the larger centre of Caboolture, and southeast of D'Aguilar. At the 2006 census, the suburb recorded a population of 2,086 persons, with a median age of 37 years. Wamuran is known for its fresh... |
1921 | Website | |
| Woodford State School | Woodford Woodford, Queensland Woodford is a small town in Queensland, Australia, on the D'Aguilar Highway 72 km north-west of Brisbane and 24 km west of Caboolture. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. The town is noted for its folk festival that takes place over the New Year holidays. The Woodford... |
1892 | Website | P-10 |
| Woombye State School | Woombye Woombye, Queensland Woombye is a town located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100 km north of the Brisbane CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place of black snake or black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle... |
1885 | Website | |
| Yandina State School | Yandina Yandina, Queensland Yandina is a Sunshine Coast hinterland town just off the Bruce Highway. Its name comes from 'yan', meaning "to go", and 'dinna', meaning "feet". At the 2006 census, Yandina had a population of 1,075.... |
1899 | Website |
State high schools and colleges
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beerwah State High School Beerwah State High School Beerwah State High School, often abbreviated to Beerwah High School, Beerwah High or simply BSHS, is a government-owned secondary school located in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. It has students in Grades 8 to 12, and an enrolment of 1021.-Faculties:... |
Beerwah Beerwah, Queensland Beerwah is a town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Glass House Mountains, approximately 80 km north of Brisbane, and just south of Landsborough. The main road through Beerwah is called Steve Irwin Way. It was formerly known as the Glasshouse... |
1992 | Website | |
| Burnside State High School Burnside State High School Burnside State High School is a secondary education institution in Burnside, Queensland, Australia, with 425 students that caters for grades 8 through to 12. The school was opened in 1979.- STEMM Programme :... |
Burnside Burnside, Queensland Burnside is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.... |
1979 | Website | |
| Caloundra State High School | Caloundra Caloundra (suburb) Caloundra is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and includes the central business district of the Caloundra urban centre, which is located on Bulcock Street.-Education:Caloundra contains the following schools within its boundaries:... |
1967 | Website | |
| Chancellor State College Chancellor State College Chancellor State College is a public, co-educational, day school located in the suburb of Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.The school opened in 1997, and has grown quickly. It currently has approximately 2070 students enrolled from Prep to Year 12 . Chancellor State College has links to the... |
Sippy Downs Sippy Downs, Queensland Sippy Downs is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains the locality of Chancellor Park, and Australia's newest university, the University of the Sunshine Coast.-History:... |
1997 | Website | P-12. SS until 2004 |
| Coolum State High School Coolum State High School Coolum State High school is a school along the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.... |
Coolum Beach Coolum Beach, Queensland Coolum Beach is a beachside town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and is also the beach around which the town is based. Coolum hosted the 2003 CHOGM after it was moved from Brisbane.... |
1985 | Website | |
| Kawana Waters State College Kawana Waters State College Kawana Waters State College is a P-12 school in the Kawana urban area on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.The College is the result of a merger between Bokarina State School, a P–7 school which opened in 1987, and Kawana Waters State High School, which opened in 1986. It is near a lake and... |
Bokarina Bokarina, Queensland Bokarina is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Kawana urban centre.The suburb is home to Kawana Waters State College.-External links:*... |
1987 | Website | P-12; SHS until 2006 |
| Maleny State High School | Maleny Maleny, Queensland Maleny is a small, scenic town north of Brisbane on the Blackall Range overlooking the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. Nearby towns include Landsborough, Montville and Peachester... |
1987 | Website | |
| Maroochydore State High School Maroochydore State High School Maroochydore State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in the town of Maroochydore, approximately 100 kilometres north of Brisbane.... |
Maroochydore Maroochydore (suburb) Maroochydore is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is the central suburb of the Maroochydore urban centre.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area... |
1964 | Website | |
| Mary Valley State College | Imbil Imbil, Queensland Imbil is a town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Gympie Region local government area and in the Mary River valley, north of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Imbil had a population of 469.... |
2002 | Website | P-10; replaced Imbil SS |
| Meridan State College | Meridan Plains Meridan Plains, Queensland Meridan Plains is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located partly within the Caloundra urban centre west-northwest of Caloundra.... |
2006 | Website | P-11 |
| Mountain Creek State High School Mountain Creek State High School Mountain Creek State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school. It is the largest school on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and one of the largest in the state... |
Mountain Creek Mountain Creek, Queensland Mountain Creek is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains Mountain Creek State High School.... |
1995 | Website | |
| Nambour State High School Nambour State High School Nambour State High School is a co-educational, state high school located in Nambour, Queensland, Australia.Established on 2 February 1953, in 2006 the school had enrolment figures of 1,367, including adult students... |
Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
1953 | Website | |
| Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School is a twin campus high school based in Cooroy and Pomona, Queensland.The school was established in 1963, and has approximately 1250 students. It is the longest-established secondary school in Noosa area.... |
Cooroy Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy is a town in Queensland, Australia, located in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads. Cooroy's name came from Cooroy Mountain, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.... |
1963 | Website | |
| Noosa District SHS (Pomona Campus) | Pomona Pomona, Queensland Pomona is a town located at the base of Mount Cooroora at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Pinbarren siding and was renamed Pomona in 1906, after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards... |
2000 | Website | Formerly Cooroora Secondary College until 2007 |
| Sunshine Beach State High School | Sunshine Beach Sunshine Beach, Queensland Sunshine Beach is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin... |
1992 | Website |
Other state schools
This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currimundi Special School | Currimundi Currimundi, Queensland Currimundi is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre north of Caloundra.It was named by Sir Leslie Wilson, in which he used the local aboriginal name for the area, Garrimundi or Girrimundi, meaning Place of flying foxes.Currimundi Lake is a... |
1984 | Website | |
| Nambour Special School | Burnside Burnside, Queensland Burnside is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.... |
1977 | Website |
Defunct state schools
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belli Park State School | Belli Park Belli Park, Queensland Belli Park is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.... |
1908 | 1963 | |
| Bellthorpe State School | Bellthorpe | 1919 | 1969 | |
| Bellthorpe West State School | Bellthorpe West | 1953 | 1969 | |
| Black Mountain State School | Black Mountain Black Mountain, Queensland Black Mountain is a small town in Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The suburb was officially named on 5 June 1998 after a feature in the area.... |
1913 | 1961 | |
| Bokarina State School | Bokarina Bokarina, Queensland Bokarina is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Kawana urban centre.The suburb is home to Kawana Waters State College.-External links:*... |
1987 | 2006 | Merged with Kawana Waters SHS |
| Booroobin State School | Booroobin | 1919 | 1953 | |
| Boreen Junction State School | Boreen Point Boreen Point, Queensland Boreen Point is a small town just north of Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The name comes from an Aboriginal word from the tribes around Moreton Bay which refers to the pathway that led between two bora rings.... |
1898 | 1947 | |
| Commissioners Flat State School | Commissioners Flat | Unknown | 1977 | |
| Coochin Creek State School | Coochin Creek Coochin Creek, Queensland Coochin Creek is a locality in the southern hinterland region of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Almost all of the locality's area is part of the Beerburrum State Forest.... |
1952 | 1962 | |
| Coolabine State School | Coolabine | 1928 | 1956 | Formerly Cooloobin SS |
| Cooloolabin State School | Cooloolabin | 1915 | 1962 | |
| Cooroy West State School | Cooroy Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy is a town in Queensland, Australia, located in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads. Cooroy's name came from Cooroy Mountain, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.... |
1911 | 1962 | |
| Cootharaba Lake State School | Cootharaba Cootharaba, Queensland Cootharaba is a suburb of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is named after the Aboriginal name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs.-External links:*... |
1909 | 1943 | |
| Cootharaba Road State School | Cootharaba Cootharaba, Queensland Cootharaba is a suburb of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is named after the Aboriginal name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs.-External links:*... |
1894 | 1965 | |
| Crohamhurst State School | Crohamhurst | 1913 | 1960 | |
| Diddillibah State School | Diddillibah Diddillibah, Queensland Diddillibah is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Its name comes from a local Aboriginal word dhilla, which means “coarse grass” or “carpet snake” and ba, which means “place.”Nick Newth the famous actor, who actualy lives and works in france, had lived in Diddilibah. We also... |
1885 | 1962 | |
| Doonan State School | Doonan Doonan, Queensland Doonan is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The name is believed to come from the Aboriginal word for leaf.-External links:*... |
1919 | 1954 | |
| Dulong State School | Dulong | 1895 | 1967 | |
| Eerwah Vale State School | Eerwah Vale Eerwah Vale, Queensland Eerwah Vale is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.-External links:*... |
1925 | 1963 | |
| Elaman Creek State School | Elaman Creek | Unknown | 1960 | |
| Flaxton State School | Flaxton | 1922 | 1967 | |
| Hunchy State School | Hunchy | 1924 | 1969 | |
| Ilkley State School | Ilkley | 1901 | 1964 | |
| Kenilworth Lower State School | Kenilworth Kenilworth, Queensland Kenilworth is a small town in the upper Mary Valley area of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. This is a rural area, about 50 km from the coast, with dairy farming as the major industry. Local visitor attractions include a cheese factory and art galleries as well as walking, camping... |
1900 | 1959 | |
| Kidaman Creek State School | Kidaman Creek | 1914 | 1959 | |
| Kiels Mountain State School | Kiels Mountain Kiels Mountain, Queensland Kiels Mountain is a suburb of Woombye, Queenslandin Australia - about 100 kilometers north of Brisbane. At the summit of Kiels Mountain is Avatar's Abode, a spiritual retreat dedicated to Meher Baba, who stayed there in 1958. Avatar's Abode is the oldest and longest-running Eastern retreat in... |
1918 | 1962 | |
| Kin Kin Junction State School | Kin Kin Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin is a village that lies between Pomona to the south, and Gympie to the north, Queensland, Australia.The name comes from the Aboriginal kauin kauin meaning red soil, another source suggests it is the indigenous name for a species of small black ants that inhabit the area... |
1909 | 1981 | |
| Kureelpa State School | Kureelpa | 1914 | 1967 | |
| Maleny North State School | North Maleny | 1913 | 1953 | |
| Maroochy River State School | Maroochy River Maroochy River, Queensland Maroochy River is a hinterland suburb on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.-References:... |
1911 | 1972 | |
| Mons State School | Mons Mons, Queensland Mons is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It is home to the former Forest Glen Deer Sanctuary on the Tanawha Tourist Drive.... |
1916 | 1974 | |
| Nambour State Infants School | Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
1961 | 1980 | |
| Obi Obi State School | Obi Obi | 1901 | 1959 | |
| Perwillowen State School | Perwillowen | 1916 | 1959 | |
| Ridgewood State School | Ridgewood Ridgewood, Queensland Ridgewood is a locality in Queensland, Australia, located in the Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads.... |
1916 | 1961 | |
| Stanmore State School | Stanmore | 1891 | 1972 | |
| Tinbeerwah State School | Tinbeerwah Tinbeerwah, Queensland Tinbeerwah is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The name is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".-External links:*... |
1914 | 1963 | |
| Verrierdale State School | Verrierdale Verrierdale, Queensland Verrierdale is located between Noosa and Eumundi, and resides close to the residential estate Peregian Springs.... |
1916 | 1963 | |
| Wahpunga State School | Kin Kin Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin is a village that lies between Pomona to the south, and Gympie to the north, Queensland, Australia.The name comes from the Aboriginal kauin kauin meaning red soil, another source suggests it is the indigenous name for a species of small black ants that inhabit the area... |
1910 | 1967 | |
| Witta State School | Witta | 1892 | 1974 | Formerly Teutoberg until 1916 |
| Wootha State School | Wootha | 1886 | 1949 | |
| Yandina Creek State School | Yandina Creek Yandina Creek, Queensland Yandina Creek is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Its name comes from 'yan', meaning "to go", and 'dinna', meaning "feet".-External links:*... |
1901 | 1964 |
Catholic schools
In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious ordersRoman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...
, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.
Schools in the Sunshine Coast region are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Brisbane
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Brisbane and covering the South East region of Queensland, Australia....
. The CEO is supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
| Name | Suburb | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School | Caloundra Caloundra (suburb) Caloundra is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and includes the central business district of the Caloundra urban centre, which is located on Bulcock Street.-Education:Caloundra contains the following schools within its boundaries:... |
1980 | Website | |
| St John's College | Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
1940 | Website | |
| St Joseph's Primary School St Joseph's Primary School Nambour St Joseph's Primary School is a co-educational, Catholic primary school located in Nambour, Queensland, Australia.Established in 1925 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, St Joseph's is one of the oldest schools in the region... |
Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
1925 | Website | |
| St Teresa's Catholic College | Noosaville Noosaville, Queensland Noosaville is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It includes Lake Weyba. "Weyba" is believed to mean "place of stingrays" or "place of flying squirrels". Noosaville also contains a development with canals called Noosa Waters... |
2004 | Website | |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | Sunshine Beach Sunshine Beach, Queensland Sunshine Beach is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin... |
1990 | Website | |
| Siena Catholic College Siena Catholic College Siena Catholic College, Queensland, Australia is a co-educational Catholic day college situated at Sippy Downs on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Opened in 1997, it caters for students in Years 8-12 and has an enrolment of approximately 750 students... |
Sippy Downs Sippy Downs, Queensland Sippy Downs is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains the locality of Chancellor Park, and Australia's newest university, the University of the Sunshine Coast.-History:... |
1997 | Website | |
| Siena Catholic Primary School | Sippy Downs Sippy Downs, Queensland Sippy Downs is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains the locality of Chancellor Park, and Australia's newest university, the University of the Sunshine Coast.-History:... |
2001 | Website | |
| Stella Maris School | Maroochydore Maroochydore (suburb) Maroochydore is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is the central suburb of the Maroochydore urban centre.Maroochydore contains a popular surf beach. The Maroochy River's southern bank forms a virtually unbroken stretch of parkland and picnic spots in the area... |
1980 | Website | |
| Unity College | Caloundra West Caloundra West, Queensland Caloundra West is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre directly west of the central business district.... |
2006 | Website | P-12. |
Independent schools
Most independent schools cater for students from preparatory to year 12.| Name | Suburb | Category | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnew School | Nambour Nambour, Queensland The area now known as Nambour, was first settled in 1870. The town was then called Petrie's Creek. In 1890 the Maroochy Divisional Board was established... |
Exclusive Brethren Exclusive Brethren The Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848.... |
2003 | Website | |
| Ananda Marga River School | Maleny Maleny, Queensland Maleny is a small, scenic town north of Brisbane on the Blackall Range overlooking the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. Nearby towns include Landsborough, Montville and Peachester... |
Independent | 1995 | Website | Primary |
| Blackall Range Independent School | Kureelpa | Independent | 1975 | Website | |
| Caloundra Christian College Caloundra Christian College Caloundra Christian College is an independent Christian school located in Caloundra on the southern end of Queensland's Sunshine Coast.The school has a student body of approximately 500 students, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1983 and was founded by Caloundra City Life... |
Caloundra | Baptist | 1983 | Website | |
| Caloundra City School | Pelican Waters Pelican Waters, Queensland Pelican Waters is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre southwest of Caloundra CBD.... |
Independent | 2005 | Website | |
| Coolum Beach Christian College | Coolum Beach Coolum Beach, Queensland Coolum Beach is a beachside town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and is also the beach around which the town is based. Coolum hosted the 2003 CHOGM after it was moved from Brisbane.... |
Ind. Christian | 2004 | Website | |
| Glasshouse Country Christian College | Beerwah Beerwah, Queensland Beerwah is a town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Glass House Mountains, approximately 80 km north of Brisbane, and just south of Landsborough. The main road through Beerwah is called Steve Irwin Way. It was formerly known as the Glasshouse... |
Baptist | 2000 | Website | |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran College | Noosaville Noosaville, Queensland Noosaville is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It includes Lake Weyba. "Weyba" is believed to mean "place of stingrays" or "place of flying squirrels". Noosaville also contains a development with canals called Noosa Waters... |
Lutheran | 1986 | Website | |
| Immanuel Lutheran College | Buderim | Lutheran | 1979 | Website | Primary until 1994 |
| Matthew Flinders Anglican College Matthew Flinders Anglican College Matthew Flinders Anglican College is an independent, co-educational day school located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Buderim, approximately north of Brisbane. It has grown from an enrolment of 160 students in its foundation year, 1990, to over 1200 today. It includes a Primary School and a... |
Buderim | Anglican | 1989 | Website | |
| Montessori International College | Sippy Downs Sippy Downs, Queensland Sippy Downs is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains the locality of Chancellor Park, and Australia's newest university, the University of the Sunshine Coast.-History:... |
Independent | 1982 | Website | Moved from Buderim in 2009 |
| Nambour Christian College | Woombye Woombye, Queensland Woombye is a town located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100 km north of the Brisbane CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place of black snake or black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle... |
Ind. Christian | 1980 | Website | |
| Noosa Christian College | Cooroy Cooroy, Queensland Cooroy is a town in Queensland, Australia, located in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads. Cooroy's name came from Cooroy Mountain, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.... |
7DA | 2003 | Website | |
| Noosa Pengari Steiner School | Doonan Doonan, Queensland Doonan is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The name is believed to come from the Aboriginal word for leaf.-External links:*... |
Independent | 1996 | Website | Pre-Prep to Class 11 |
| Pacific Lutheran College Pacific Lutheran College Pacific Lutheran College is a co-educational P-12 Lutheran College under the Lutheran Church of Australia. The school is located in Birtinya, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia... |
Birtinya Birtinya, Queensland Birtinya is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Kawana urban centre. It contains the locality of Kawana Forest.-External links:*... |
Lutheran | 2001 | Website | |
| Peregian Beach College | Peregian Springs Peregian Springs, Queensland Peregian Springs is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and lies within the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area... |
Independent | 2002 | Website | |
| St Andrew's Anglican College | Peregian Springs Peregian Springs, Queensland Peregian Springs is a suburb on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and lies within the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area... |
Anglican | 2003 | Website | |
| Suncoast Christian College | Woombye Woombye, Queensland Woombye is a town located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100 km north of the Brisbane CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place of black snake or black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle... |
Ind. Christian | 1979 | Website | Formerly Christian Outreach College (Sunshine Coast) |
| Sunshine Coast Grammar School Sunshine Coast Grammar School The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a some-what rural town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.The school has a student body of over 1200, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997... |
Forest Glen Forest Glen, Queensland Forest Glen is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, and is part of the Buderim urban centre. It is the home to the Sunshine Coast Grammar School and the Moonshine Valley Winery, and it is near the Forest Glen Deer Sanctuary in Mons, Queensland... |
Uniting | 1997 | Website |
Defunct private schools
| Name | Suburb | Category | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Academy Grammar School | Noosaville Noosaville, Queensland Noosaville is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It includes Lake Weyba. "Weyba" is believed to mean "place of stingrays" or "place of flying squirrels". Noosaville also contains a development with canals called Noosa Waters... |
Independent | 1988 | 1988 |
See also
- List of schools in Queensland
- List of schools in Greater Brisbane
- List of schools in Wide Bay-Burnett
External links
- Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- CEO Brisbane
- About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.